Carl Crawford will stay with the team for its game Wednesday in Manchester.
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas does not always write about baseball. It just seems that way, starting with his early days covering spring training for the St. Petersburg Times, to his current role of bi-locating at both Hadlock Field and Fenway Park, reporting on the Portland Sea Dogs and Boston Red Sox. In the off-season, he still writes about baseball, while venturing to hockey rinks and basketball arenas, especially when it comes to the University of Maine and local colleges. Thomas has received awards for his work, but his greatest prize is home, which includes one patient wife, nine children and an aging chocolate Labrador.
Crawford, on rehab, will play at Hadlock tonight
The Red Sox outfielder may also be joined later by injured Boston star Jacoby Ellsbury.
Sea Dogs lose two; Thunder pour it on
Trenton sweeps Portland, 12-4 and 5-3, as the Dogs give up 10 earned runs in the first game.
Ferrari makes a stop on road that leads to Fenway Park
Jackie Bradley Jr., 22, is going to be a major leaguer. He may be in Boston by next year.
Who’s next? Middlebrooks gets his chance, others may follow
Fan favorite Kevin Youkilis has been traded and replaced, and there are plenty of other prospects waiting to get their chance at Fenway Park.
Sea Dogs 4, Thunder 3: One entertaining comeback
The Sea Dogs tie the game on a double-slide into the plate, then win it on a homer in the ninth.
Sea Dogs beat Fisher Cats, 9-3
Pitcher Stolmy Pimentel shrugs off a homer to the leadoff hitter and goes on to earn his first win since May 9.
Butler’s persistence pays off for Dogs
Two innings after getting thrown out at the plate, Dan Butler races home to score the winning run.
So very much a struggle
Fisher Cats 6, Sea Dogs 3: A late rally falls short for Portland, which loses its third straight, 12th of 16, and is close to last again.
Long way to lose: Fisher Cats 5,Sea Dogs 3, 13 innings
The Sea Dogs, after an all-night bus ride, go 13 innings, then are beaten on a two-run homer.